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• Anna Maria Vanneste, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Aaltje Lijzenga, Akkerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Adrianus Johannes Martinus Hens, Woensel
• Aafke Buikema, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Andreas Vries, Tilburg († 1989)
• Anna Gezina Haselbekke, Geesteren († 2009)
• Adriaan Pieter Vader, Koudekerke († 2000)
• Abraham Gerard van Lom, Amsterdam († 1938)
• Angel Rafael Gonzalez, Venezuela († 1964)
• Aagje Klos, Zegwaart († 2001)

• Andries van den Breekel (72), Tilburg, Nederland
• Antonie Versteeg (64), Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Sprenkels, Zundert
• Alice Overweg (25)
• Cornelis Gillesz. van der Meide(Meijde) (70), Sommelsdijk (ZH Nederland)
• Adeline Séraphine Dupuis (58), Roubaix, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Klip (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Huberta van der Lubbe (38), Breda
• Antonie VERSTEEG (64), Almkerk
• Adriana Maria Huberdina van der Lubbe (39), Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1911 » Ann Dvorak, American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic († 1977)
• 1912 » Palle Huld, Danish actor († 2010)
• 1912 » Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author († 2001)
• 1913 » Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic († 1980)
• 1914 » Beatrice Straight, American actress († 2001)
• 1914 » Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2012)
• 1914 » Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet († 1988)
• 1915 » Gary Merrill, American actor († 1990)
• 1916 » Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor († 1990)

• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
• February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
• July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
• August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

The temperature on August 2, 1914 was between 13.7 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 13.2 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.